For World Book Day this Year, the NHP Foundation took the brilliant children’s author Christopher Edge to speak to the children from Oxford Gardens. This was enjoyed by 90 of their pupils. Together they cracked codes, solved riddles and navigated escape rooms. This interactive session really brought the books to life and celebrated the joy…
This term, NHP had its termly ‘paired back lunch’ saving a total £310.00 which was donated to the Kensington & Chelsea Foodbank. Thank you to our incredible Kitchen team for facilitating this!
In the Spring Term, the NHP Foundation Radius programme will fund a sports coach to teach a weekly PE session for Year 6 pupils at Avondale Park Primary School, which currently does not have the funds to support this essential part of the curriculum. The cost of an external coach is £750 per term. Our…
Last term, we welcomed 30 of the local community from the charity Age UK to a Christmas tea party! The guests enjoyed a fabulous performance by Year 3 of their pantomime songs, taking them on a musical journey through the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, followed by some fantastic instrumental soloists. After a spread…
40 pupils (Y4-6) from St Francis of Assisi enjoyed a STEM Roadshow which demonstrated the power of electricity through some very exciting and interactive experiments including demonstrations of rockets, fireballs and a peculiar way to travel with your tea! This workshop, ZAP!, explored the fascinating science of electricity and explained this fundamental process which supports…
This week, we welcomed 3 local primaries to NHP for our annual Maths Competition. In teams, the pupils enjoyed a fun, and competitive, morning full of Maths games. Huge congratulations go to St Charles who were this years champions and well done to all those who took part. Everyone left with a well deserved medal
This week, we welcomed 3 local primaries to NHP for our annual Maths competition. In teams, the pupils enjoyed a fun, and competitive, morning full of Maths games. Huge congratulations go to St Charles who were this years champions and well done to all those who took part. Everyone left with a well deserved medal!
A huge thank you to those who brought in generous food donations for our Harvest Celebration last week. They have been donated to the K&C Foodbank (and very gratefully received) and the cost savings of £348.00 from using less ingredients for our termly ‘simple lunch’ are going to follow!
St Francis of Assisi enjoyed a visit from the children’s author Gareth P Jones. Gareth delivered an interactive and informative session to pupils in Reception – Y2. Gareth, known for his books The Dragon Detective Agency, Fairy Tales for the Fearless, and Solve Your Own Mystery, captivated our young readers with his lively storytelling, musical talents, and endless…
NHP was lucky to receive 500 books from the BBC last term, courtesy of an NHP pupil’s winning 500 Words entry. We are lucky to already have access to a wide range of wonderful books at school so we agreed that it would be great to donate some books to benefit those in our local…
Last week we welcomed the Year 4’s from our partner schools to an assembly lead by the amazing Notting Hill Children’s Community Choir. The audience enjoyed an energetic 30 minutes of fun and games learning new songs before rounding off with an incredible choir performance!
NHP and one of our partner schools, Thomas Jones Primary School, were delighted to have a visit from the hugely knowledgeable and inspiring author, Ben Martynoga. Ben has the wonderful ability to create stories out of biological research, allowing children to explore and enter into a world that might otherwise remain unknown. Ben has just…
